It doesn't matter, he had to sell them and couldn't re-invest the funds he raised to buy the players he wanted. I'm not sure why this is such a difficult point to understand?
Saint Domingo
Player Valuation: £90m
Not him perhaps but we definitely miss that profile of midfielder who could get about the pitch like he could and was tidy in possession.
It's a ridiculous point. All managers when they come in fancy some players and not others. The difference is that Dyche had to sell £153million worth of players and couldn't invest that money in buying the players he did want. This is basic stuff, the fact that you are arguing about it is bizarre. I couldn't stand Dyche as a manger, but you've also got to be fair and say he was dealt a very difficult hand if he had a negative net spend of £74 million.
smileychap
Player Valuation: £10m
I counted myself lucky to get to Goodison half a dozen games a season and a few away.
I think fans like me were grateful for what Dyche delivered. But the football was grim. imagine forking out for a family watching that week in/out and still getting behind the team.
No real winners, but I'm made up for the season ticket holders that we have a tilt at Europe now... If we go for it.
No I was making the point that 1.31 ppg this season isn't as good as 1.63ppg that Moyes got last season and that after spending £100 million it was reasonable to expect the same points tally over a full season. I don't think we are getting 62 points this season from our current position but who knows?
I'm not disagreeing the football under Dyche was grim, i hated watching it. But the football this season hasn't been much better.
BackRow PE6
Player Valuation: £2.5m
Dyche still lingering in the air like a Guinness fart
You understand opposing teams also spent money and got better, right?
BarryTheBlue
Player Valuation: £225k
He brought in O'Brian, Ndiaye, Alcaraz, Iroegbunam
He lost 1 first team player in Onana, a load of dead wood, end of contract players and brought in 4 first teamers
You understand that we haven't got better, right?
BarryTheBlue
Player Valuation: £225k
The fact that we're not in a relegation fight tells you we have
Yeah Thelwell did a decent job with recruitment but it still doesn't alter the fact that Dyche had a negative net spend of £74 million and clearly couldn't get the players that he wanted. Btw Dyche didn't bring in Alcaraz.
I mean we can't know that until the end of the season, but I think expecting 1.63ppg all season is a bit pie in the sky comparing to us doing it for just half a year last.
And also please don't say "we spent £100m" like that's an actual amount of money - in 2025 that's the equivalent of about 30p.
